Egeria Koehn-Cooper’s return from injury was a dramatic one for the Amherst Regional softball team.
Koehn-Cooper hit a two-run double to give the Hurricanes a 12-11 walk-off win over Holyoke at home Monday.
It was Amherst’s first win of the season, and the first win under new coach Mary Seid (1-5).
Koehn-Cooper finished 4-for-5 with three runs scored.
Mikah McNamara singled to start the rally before scoring on a passed ball to make it 11-10. McNamara added a double, a triple and three runs scored for the Hurricanes.
Emily Hu (two RBIs) and Megan Rice (three RBIs) homered for Amherst.
Central 19, Smith Academy 15 — Emma Hobert had a bases-clearing double in the first inning to tie the game at 3-3, then scored the go-ahead run. Vanessa Skawski had an RBI-single during an eight-run second that gave the Falcons a 12-6 lead.
But the Golden Eagles scored five in the sixth to pull away for a 19-14 lead.
Erin Gilrein (two runs) had two hits and three RBIs, while Skawski added two hits with six strikeouts on the mound.
Frontier Regional 14, Mahar 0 (5) — Natalie Denkiewicz had four hits, including a solo home run for the Red Hawks (2-4, 1-3 Franklin).
Ava Harper also had four hits, including a pair of doubles and five RBI, while McKenzie Patterson and Sarah Meunier registered three hits apiece in the win.
Granby 10, Ware 1 — Twin sisters Emily and Julie Sawyer accounted for five RBIs in the Rams’ home win.
Abi Beauregard pitched a complete game and struck out three for Granby (4-5).
Chicopee 5, Belchertown 1 — The bats could not get going for the Orioles in a home loss to the Pacers.
Hannah Sugrue, Emily LeBlanc and Lexi Lajeunesse had a hit each for Belchertown (1-8).
Lee 8, Gateway 7 — A big sixth inning for the Wildcats sent the Gators home with a loss.
Lee scored six runs in the sixth to pull ahead.
Dayna Britland led Gateway with three hits and two RBIs.
Erika Wolfe added two hits and two assists from center field for Gateway (1-8).
Athol 23, Hopkins Academy 11 (6) — Macy Ring (RBI) had three hits, while Taylor Robbins, Gabby Palmisano (RBI) and Allison Markowski each had two, but the Golden Hawks (2-6, 0-5 Franklin) fell on the road.
West Springfield 13, South Hadley 0 — Abby Edge had two hits, but the Tigers (0-8) could not get the offense going in a home loss to the Terriers.
Westfield 7, Hampshire Regional 4 — Katy O’Connor went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, and four RBIs in a road loss for the Raiders (5-4).
Granby 10, Ware 1
Ware 000 000 1 — 1 3 2
Granby 302 212 x — 10 9 1
WP—Beauregard LP—Turek
Records: Ware (3-3); Granby (4-5)
Chicopee 5, Belchertown 1
Chicopee 100 100 3 — 5 4 0
Belchertown 000 100 0 — 1 3 3
WP—Rockwal LP—Roux
Records: Chicopee (4-3); Belchertown (1-8)
Central 19, Smith Academy 15
Central 335 215 0 — 19 12 4
Smith 480 201 0 — 15 9 4
WP—Charnik LP—Skawski
Records: Central (3-7) Smith Academy (1-8)
Amherst 12, Holyoke 11
Holyoke 111 042 2 — 11 5 3
Amherst 105 201 3 — 12 6 9
WP—Rice LP—Cruz
Records: Amherst (1-5); Holyoke (0-1
Lee 8, Gateway 7
Gateway 005 101 0 — 7 15 6
Lee 001 016 x — 8 9 3
WP—Clark LP—Gamble
Records: Gateway (1-8); Lee (5-3)
Frontier 14, Mahar 0 (5)
Frontier 311 36 — 14 17 0
Mahar 000 00— 0 4 3
WP—MacDonald LP—Rich
Records: Frontier (2-4, 1-3 Franklin) Mahar (3-5, 1-3)
Athol 23,
Hopkins Academy 11 (6)
Hopkins 213 500—11 10 2
Athol 403 844—23 23 4
WP—Soucie LP—Markowski
Records: Athol (4-3, 3-2 Franklin County) Hopkins (2-6, 0-5)
Westfield 7,
Hampshire Regional 4
Hampshire 000 220 0 — 4 7 1
Westfield 000 043 x — 7 14 2
WP—Moniz LP—Halket
Records: Hampshire (5-4); Westfield (5-4)
West Springfield 13,
South Hadley 0
West Springfield 004 232 2 — 13 14 0
South Hadley 000 000 0 — 0 3 2
WP—Adam LP—Niemiec
Records: West Side (7-3), South Hadley (0-8)
